In the Beginning the Word was; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

He was in the Beginning with God;

There appeared a man sent from God, whose name was John;

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!

This I have seen myself, and I have declared my belief that he is the Son of God."

He looked at Jesus as he passed and exclaimed: "There is the Lamb of God!"

"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" asked Nathanael. "Come and see," replied Philip.

"Rabbi," Nathanael exclaimed, "you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!"

In truth I tell you," he added, "you shall all see Heaven open, and 'the angels of God ascending and descending' upon the Son of Man."

He called the bridegroom and said to him: "Every one puts good wine on the table first, and inferior wine afterwards, when his guests have drunk freely; but you have kept back the good wine till now!"

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: "Rabbi, we know that you are a Teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him."

"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

He who believes in him escapes condemnation, while he who does not believe in him is already condemned, because he has not believed in the only Son of God.

But he who acts up to the truth comes to the light, that his actions may be shown to have been done in dependence upon God.

They who did accept his statement attested the fact that God is true.

For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.

He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under 'God's displeasure.'

"If you knew of the gift of God," replied Jesus, "and who it is that is saying to you 'Give me some water,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you 'living water'."

"You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep," she said; "where did you get that 'living water?'

God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly."

For here the proverb holds good--'One sows, another reaps.'

So he asked them at what time the boy began to get better. "It was yesterday, about one o'clock," they said, "that the fever left him."

There is in Jerusalem, near the Sheep-gate, a Bath with five colonnades round it. It is called in Hebrew 'Bethesda.'

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the Dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.

And will come out--those who have done good rising to Life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.

But I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

How can you believe in me, when you receive honor from one another and do not desire the honor which comes from the only God?

So, on the next day, when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples either, they themselves got into the boats, and went to Capernaum to look for him.

And, when they found him on the other side of the Sea, they said: "When did you get here, Rabbi?"

Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."

"How," they asked, "are we to do the work that God would have us do?"

"The work that God would have you do," answered Jesus, "is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger."

For the Bread that God gives is that which comes down from Heaven, and gives Life to the world."

It is said in the Prophets--'And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who is taught by the Father and learns from him comes to me.

Not that any one has seen the Father, except him who is from God--he has seen the Father.

And we have learned to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God."

And there were many whispers about him among the people, some saying 'He is a good man;' others: 'No! he is leading the people astray.'

The Jews were astonished. "How has this man got his learning," they asked, "when he has never studied?"

If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death--a man who has told you the Truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.

You are doing what your own father does." "We are not bastards," they said, "we have one Father--God himself."

"If God were your Father," Jesus replied, "you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his Messenger.

He who comes from God listens to God's teaching; the reason why you do not listen is because you do not come from God."

"If I do honor to myself," answered Jesus, "such honor counts for nothing. It is my Father who does me honor--and you say that he is your God;

"Neither the man nor the parents," replied Jesus; "but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him.

"How did you get your sight, then?" they asked.

"The man cannot be from God," said some of the Pharisees, "for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible," retorted others, "for a bad man to give signs like this?"

So the Jews again called the man who had been blind, and said to him: "Give God the praise; we know that this is a bad man."

We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."

We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God's will, God listens to him.

If this man had not been from God, he could not have done anything at all."

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.

I am the Good Shepherd; and I know my sheep, and my sheep know me--

And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?"

"It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God."

If those to whom God's word were addressed were said to be 'gods'--and Scripture cannot be set aside--

Do you say of one whom the Father has consecrated and sent as his Messenger to the world 'You are blaspheming,' because I said 'I am God's Son'?

And, when Jesus heard it, he said: "This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honor of God, in order that the Son of God may be honored through it."

"If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well," said the disciples.

Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him."

"Yes Master," she answered; "I have learned to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, 'who was to come' into the world."

As soon as Mary heard that, she got up quickly, and went to meet him.

So the Jews, who were in the house with Mary, condoling with her, when they saw her get up quickly and go out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

"Did not I tell you," replied Jesus, "that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?"

And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the Children of God now scattered far and wide.

And went out to meet him, shouting as they went: "'God save Him! Blessed is He who Comes in the name of the Lord'--The King of Israel!"

For they valued honor from men more than honor from God.

And at supper, Jesus--although knowing that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God, and was to return to God--

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said: "Now the Son of Man has been exalted, and God has been exalted through him;

And God will exalt him with himself--yes, he will exalt him forthwith.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

They will expel you from their Synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will think that he is making an offering to God.

Yet I am only telling you the truth; it is for your good that I should go away. For otherwise the Helper will never come to you, but, if I leave you, I will send him to you.

Now we are sure that you know everything, and need not wait for any one to question you. This makes us believe that you did come from God."

And the Immortal Life is this--to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger.

At this, Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it, and struck the High Priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

One of the High Priest's servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, exclaimed: "Did not I myself see you with him in the garden?"

"But we," replied the Jews, "have a Law, under which he deserves death for making himself out to be the Son of God."

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares--a share for each soldier--and they took the coat also. The coat had no seam, being woven in one piece from top to bottom.

When Jesus had received the wine, he exclaimed: "All is finished!" Then, bowing his head, he resigned his spirit to God.

"Do not hold me," Jesus said; "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my Brothers, and tell them that I am ascending to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God."

And Thomas exclaimed: "My Master, and my God!"

But these have been recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God--and that, through your belief in his Name, you may have Life.

"I am going fishing." "We will come with you," said the others. They went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.

Upon this the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter: "It is the Master!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Master, he fastened his coat round him (for he had taken it off), and threw himself into the Sea.

So Simon Peter got into the boat and hauled the net ashore full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and yet, although there were so many, the net had not been torn.

Jesus said this to show the death by which Peter was to honor God, and then he added: "Follow me."